「听＆读」总统弹劾案

总统弹劾案

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By the time we returned to the White House, there were several challenges on my mind, personal and political. Bill and I had agreed to participate in regular marital counseling to determine whether or not we were going to salvage our marriage. On one level, I was emotionally shell—shocked and trying to deal with the raw wound I had suffered. On another level, I believed Bill was a good person and a great President. I viewed the independent counsel's assault on the Presidency as an ever-escalating political war, and I was on Bill's side.

我们回到白宫的时候，关于我个人还有政治方面，我脑子里还是有一些挣扎。比尔与我决意定期参与婚姻问题咨询会，以权衡应否挽救我们的婚姻。在一个层面上，我是感性的人，对自己一连串的遭遇感到震惊，努力想去处理好。另一个层面，我相信比尔是个好人，更是个伟大的总统。针对比尔的政治斗争已势如燎原烈火，我必须站在比尔这一边。

On September 9, Starr's deputies drove two vans to the Capitol steps and delivered copies of the over 119,000-oard "Starr report," complete with thirty-six boxes of supporting documents, to the sergeant-at-arms. Starr's piece of grandstanding was appalling; the quick decision by the House Rules Committee to make the entire report available on the Internet, even more so.

9月9日，斯塔尔的副手们开了两部面包车前往国会山，提交十一万余言的所谓“斯塔尔报告”，还附上三十六箱的辅助说明文件。斯塔尔的盛大其事着实骇人听闻，国会很快通过决议将其对外公布，甚至更多其他的内容。

At a White House prayer breakfast with religious leaders in early September, Bill offered an emotional admission of his sins and a plea for forgiveness from the American people. But he would not give up his office.

9月初的一天，我们在白宫的国家祈祷早餐会上与宗教界领袖面谈，比尔满怀诚心地告白自己的罪过，同时祈求美国人民宽恕。他也表明不会辞职下台。

从美国第一夫人到参议院女强人，希拉里逐渐走上政治前台，以自己的名字而非克林顿夫人步入美国乃至国际名流。随着一本“完全写真”回忆录的问世，希拉里将可预见地再次成为焦点人物。而与以往不同，这一次她的身份是作家。